Looking for Rachel Wallace vs Pale Kings and Princes: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Fiction
Looking for Rachel Wallace
“LOCKE-OBER'S RESTAURANT is on Winter Place, which is an alley off Winter Street just down from the Common.”
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When Spenser accepts a job as a "bodyguard" for a beautiful young woman, he gets in way over his head.
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Pale Kings and Princes
“The sun that brief December day shone weakly through the west-facing window of Garrett Kingsley's office.”
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Spenser is hired to determine whether a reporter was killed by dope dealers or by an irate husband.
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The verdict
- Readers rate Looking for Rachel Wallace highest: Looking for Rachel Wallace 4.4 · Pale Kings and Princes 4.0.
- Looking for Rachel Wallace has the widest readership — 441 ratings behind its score.
- Looking for Rachel Wallace reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 4 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Looking for Rachel Wallace | Pale Kings and Princes | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.0 (22) | 3.6 (14) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (441) | 4.0 (258) |
Reception
| Looking for Rachel Wallace | Pale Kings and Princes | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 441 | 258 |
| Editions | 10 | 5 |
| Citations | 4 | 2 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 110 | 102 |
| Pages | 219 | 312 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Looking for Rachel Wallace or Pale Kings and Princes?
Looking for Rachel Wallace has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Looking for Rachel Wallace 4.4/5, Pale Kings and Princes 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: Looking for Rachel Wallace or Pale Kings and Princes?
Looking for Rachel Wallace is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Looking for Rachel Wallace (219 pages, ≈ 4 h 03 m); Pale Kings and Princes (312 pages, ≈ 5 h 47 m).
Which is harder to read: Looking for Rachel Wallace or Pale Kings and Princes?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Looking for Rachel Wallace: Moderate; Pale Kings and Princes: Moderate.